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If Davey wants to keep this ship afloat, he's going to have to be a better manager. Think outside the box a little. You're going to have to get something from that lf position offensively. That's why I go with my good pitcher-bad pitcher platoon. Moore can mash bad pitchers because a bad major league pitcher is just a bus ticket away from being a minor league pitcher (see Perry, Ryan). Look at the back end of almost every team's rotation and there's a dog or two there, almost guaranteed (a starting Ryan Perry). Just reusing the lineup from yesterday because they scored some runs was lazy thinking.

Use Nady for the good pitchers, if he must use him for some reason. Frankly, I'd rather have Bernadina as the cannon fodder than Nady.

If Davey wants to keep this ship afloat, he's going to have to be a better manager. Think outside the box a little. You're going to have to get something from that lf position offensively. That's why I go with my good pitcher-bad pitcher platoon. Moore can mash bad pitchers because a bad major league pitcher is just a bus ticket away from being a minor league pitcher (see Perry, Ryan). Look at the back end of almost every team's rotation and there's a dog or two there, almost guaranteed (a starting Ryan Perry). Just reusing the lineup from yesterday because they scored some runs was lazy thinking.

Use Nady for the good pitchers, if he must use him for some reason. Frankly, I'd rather have Bernadina as the cannon fodder than Nady.

Moore should be starting. I don't care that he's awful in LF. We have nothing but 4th/5th outfielders on the bench it seems. Put Moore in LF, Harper in CF, and Ankiel in RF. Harper's athleticism will help cover for some of Moore's deficiencies. Either that, or play Lombo in LF (but really, he should be starting at 2nd base for a bit).

Ryan Perry should be used in mop up duties only. At this point, he should be sent down when Lidge gets back. Or Wang, whoever get's here first.

How this team has the record it does is beyond me, but Davey Johnson is not the reason.

I'm not a Davey hater yet, but it is kind of funny/sad to watch when he runs out to argue a call, he has a quick first move towards the field to let them know he's coming, then he slows down a bit, then about runs out of gas as he approaches the ump.

I'm not a Davey hater yet, but it is kind of funny/sad to watch when he runs out to argue a call, he has a quick first move towards the field to let them know he's coming, then he slows down a bit, then about runs out of gas as he approaches the ump.

Could care less about that. It's the constant use of veterans when we have youngsters looking to produce. It's going to pitchers like Gorzo or Perry when the game is still in question.

I'm not a Davey hater yet, but it is kind of funny/sad to watch when he runs out to argue a call, he has a quick first move towards the field to let them know he's coming, then he slows down a bit, then about runs out of gas as he approaches the ump.

It's not Davey's job to take on Hamels. That is Rizzo's job, speaking for ownership, letting the league know that the owners are pissed and want Hamels suspended. My guess -- we'll never know -- is that without Rizzo's explosion, the league would not have bothered to suspend Hamels (as painless as it was)

I just don't know what Davey is thinking anymore. Is he thinking? I don't know.

He refuses to see how Tyler Moore is, refuses to bench players who aren't cutting it, he refuses to pull HRod whenever it's clear he's wild. Why does he think this team will work itself out? There are deep problems with this club that he has to address if they actually want to make the playoffs, and those problems aren't just going to randomly go away one day. He needs to make moves.

I just don't know what Davey is thinking anymore. Is he thinking? I don't know.

He refuses to see how Tyler Moore is, refuses to bench players who aren't cutting it, he refuses to pull HRod whenever it's clear he's wild. Why does he think this team will work itself out? There are deep problems with this club that he has to address if they actually want to make the playoffs, and those problems aren't just going to randomly go away one day. He needs to make moves.

I wish he were more aggressive. You obviously need to switch up the broken pieces Davey.

Do the players just like Espinosa better than Lombardozzi and would somehow react badly to sending Espinosa down and starting Lombardozzi? If that's not the case, they are watching Espinosa's at bats. They see how much trouble he's having.

Would trying someone else at closer cause mutiny in the clubhouse?

Are Davey and Rizzo making clear, rational decisions that they could explain if they were forced to (which they, sadly, won't be)?

Do the players just like Espinosa better than Lombardozzi and would somehow react badly to sending Espinosa down and starting Lombardozzi? If that's not the case, they are watching Espinosa's at bats. They see how much trouble he's having.

Would trying someone else at closer cause mutiny in the clubhouse?

Are Davey and Rizzo making clear, rational decisions that they could explain if they were forced to (which they, sadly, won't be)?

Davey just doesn't seem flexable- he places guys in certain positions and is blind to either their shortcommings or others potential

the Espinosa situation is really baffling. it's not that complicated - he thinks he's a home run hitter but he's not. i'd bat him 8th and tell him to choke the f""k up when he has two strikes (which is all the time) or he's done. especially when you have Lombo in the wings who is a perfect no 2 hitter.

If I were managing this team: I'd play Lombo over Espinosa easily. I'd then look forward to Kobernus' progress and hope to God he speeds up so I can play him at 2nd and move Lombo over to SS. I'd also be playing Moore in LF, Ankiel in CF, and Harper in RF.